diff --git a/net/batman-adv/tp_meter.c b/net/batman-adv/tp_meter.c
index 00d62a6c5e0efb619e18789271d86c69c395bfb4..407076e051f1bb30eb9dd08555400b7b0b865cfc 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/tp_meter.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/tp_meter.c
@@ -951,6 +951,13 @@ void batadv_tp_start(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, const u8 *dst,
 
 	/* look for an already existing test towards this node */
 	spin_lock_bh(&bat_priv->tp_list_lock);
+	if (atomic_read(&bat_priv->mesh_state) != BATADV_MESH_ACTIVE) {
+		spin_unlock_bh(&bat_priv->tp_list_lock);
+		batadv_tp_batctl_error_notify(BATADV_TP_REASON_DST_UNREACHABLE,
+					      dst, bat_priv, session_cookie);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	tp_vars = batadv_tp_list_find(bat_priv, dst);
 	if (tp_vars) {
 		spin_unlock_bh(&bat_priv->tp_list_lock);
@@ -1335,9 +1342,12 @@ static struct batadv_tp_vars *
 batadv_tp_init_recv(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 		    const struct batadv_icmp_tp_packet *icmp)
 {
-	struct batadv_tp_vars *tp_vars;
+	struct batadv_tp_vars *tp_vars = NULL;
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&bat_priv->tp_list_lock);
+	if (atomic_read(&bat_priv->mesh_state) != BATADV_MESH_ACTIVE)
+		goto out_unlock;
+
 	tp_vars = batadv_tp_list_find_session(bat_priv, icmp->orig,
 					      icmp->session);
 	if (tp_vars)
@@ -1471,6 +1481,9 @@ void batadv_tp_meter_recv(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	struct batadv_icmp_tp_packet *icmp;
 
+	if (atomic_read(&bat_priv->mesh_state) != BATADV_MESH_ACTIVE)
+		goto out;
+
 	icmp = (struct batadv_icmp_tp_packet *)skb->data;
 
 	switch (icmp->subtype) {
@@ -1485,6 +1498,8 @@ void batadv_tp_meter_recv(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, struct sk_buff *skb)
 			   "Received unknown TP Metric packet type %u\n",
 			   icmp->subtype);
 	}
+
+out:
 	consume_skb(skb);
 }